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4/17/2012 9:23AM

New York Trial Details Terror Planning

Three former high-school classmates were perilously close to implementing an al Qaeda-inspired plan to detonate suicide bombs in New York City's subways before they were thwarted in 2009. Joanna Chung has details on The News Hub. Photo: AP.

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